Baseball glove



.J soNNETT ETAL 2,475 262 BASEBALL GLOVE y Filed Aug. 30, `194'? SV) A Patented July 5, 1949 BASEBALL GLOVE William J. Sonnett and Benjamin B. Stobbe, Ada,

Ohio, assignors to Ohio-Kentucky Manufacturing Company, Ada, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application August 30, 1947, Serial No. 771,422

2 Claims.

This invention relates to baseball gloves and is specically directed to improvements in elders gloves.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved ball contacting pocket member between the thumb part and adjacent nger part of a baseball glove; said means being of a solid, unbroken web secured along its edges to the adjacent edges of the thumb and finger parts and having an opening formed centrally thereof for the reception of an independent insert piece, adjustably held therein by lacing or the like.

Another object of the invention is to provide in a baseball glove having the foregoing characteristics a simple and effective ball contacting web which is simple to make, has a durable construction, and provides an eiiective ball catching pocket which is susceptible of lateral adjustment to adapt the glove for use with baseballs of vary ing diameters, or to suit the players style of play with a particular sized ball.

Other and further objects of the invention will be apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment of our invention, it being understood that we are not to be limited to the particular structure except in so far as set forth in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of the frontof our glove.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken on line 2 2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of one section of our baseball glove web.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the independent insert piece for the web illustrated in Fig. 3.

The reference numeral 6 generally indicates a baseball glove with our improved pocket member 'I associated therewith. The glove has the usual front or palm section 8 and a back section 9, each having a number of aligned, open-topped slots lil formed in the outer edge to provide a spaced thumb portion I I and finger sections l2. rThe glove may have two or more finger portions to provide a elders glove having desired characteristics, the finger portions including a first finger I3 which is next adjacent to the thumb portion II. A continuous seam I4 joins together the adjacent edges of the front and back sections of the baseball glove along the thumb and finger sections and the two sides thereof; said glove also having a hand hole formed by the lower edge of the front and back sections, and individual ringer stalls for receiving the digits of a players 2 hand formed in the lining at the positions approximated by the dotted lines I5 in Fig. l.

Our improved ball contacting pocket member consists of a web I6 interposed between the thumb li and iirst finger portion I3 and is preferably constructed from two plies I1 and I8 of leather, or the like, cut in the manner illustrated in Fig. 3 and placed together with the nished sides facing outwardly. A continuous means is provided for securing the marginal edge I9 of the web to the adjacent edges of the thumb and rst finger portions and as most clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 said means preferably consists of interposing said marginal edge I9 of the web between the edges of the front and back pieces and emplcying the continuous seams I4 as means for securing all of said edges together.

An open-topped, ovaloid opening 2U is formed centrally in the web I6, said opening being of substantial width and extending a substantial distance into the web portion. A line of stitches 2! secures together the adjacent marginal edges of the two plies II and I8 along the upper edge of the web and around the opening 20 made therein. As illustrated in Fig. 3 a row of holes 22 is formed in the plies around the edge of the opening 20 for receiving metal eyelet rivets 23.

An oval shaped independently constructed backstop member 24 is disposed in the opening 20 and may comprise two plies 25 and 126 of leather each having the general contour of the opening 2D. The edges of the plies are secured together by a line of stitches 21 and a number of eyelet rivets 28 are passed through holes 29 pre-formed in the plies around the margin of the backstop member, A lacing 3U is looped through adjacent eyelets in the web and backstop member, and the ends thereof tied by a suitable knot 3| disposed hehind the insert member. It will be readily understood that said lacing may be drawn up or let out to increase the transverse extent of the pocket 'l as desired by providing a smaller or a larger space between the adjacent edges of the backstop member and the web so that our glove lmay be readily adapted for use with play balls of varying diameters or the pocket I may be adjusted to suit the style of a player for a particular sized ball.

What is claimed is:

l. In a baseball glove the combination of a front section, a back section, a number of aligned, open-topped slots formed in the front and back sections to provide a thumb portion and nger portions for the glove, said nger portions including a, rst ringer disposed adjacent the thumb hole opening out upon the upper edge of theM web and adapted to snugly receive the babksto'p member, means for joining together the adjacent marginal edges of the thumb and rst nger portions and for joiningsaid portions to the adjacent edge of the web ,mand a continuous lacing joining the adjacent edge 6fthebackstop member to the edge of the web formed by the said hole.

, 15l Number 4 2. A baseball glove as set forth in claim 1 wherein the continuous lacing is looped through adjacent eyes formed in the backstop member and web around their adjacent edges, and the ends of said lacing are secured together across the top of the backstop member.

WHEAM J. SONNETT. J BENJAMIN B. STOBBE.

REFERENCES CITED The vfollowing referenlces are of record in the le 'ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date 980,679 Rogers Jan. 3, 1911 1,552,080 `Rainey s Sept. l, 1925 1,725,426 Stumpe Aug. 20, 1929 

